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Location:

Tucson,AZ,USA

Member Since:

Aug 30, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

PR's

5K: 21:26 (2005)

4 mile: 28:10 (2005)

10K: 43:33 (2010)

10 mile: 1:13:35 (2009) (1:12:15 split in 1/2 marathon, 2011)

1/2 marathon: 1:34:31 (2011)

marathon: 3:19:15 (2013)

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

3:20 marathon - Eugene Marathon, April 28, 2013 (can I say I really want a sub 3:20? but I will be happy with 3:20-3:23) -- whoohoo!

Some good intermediate races 15K - 1/2 marathon, to gauge my fitness level (done this, hit a 1:34:35 1/2 marathon in March 2013, on a hilly course)

Going after my 10 mile PR in Fall 2013

Maybe some good 10K races after the infernal Arizona summer is over! 




Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to be one of those runners who is still running in their 80s (or 90s?).  You know the ones, who look all grisley and fit?  That is what I would like!  Until then, I just want to work hard and be as fast as I can, for as long as I can.


Personal:

50 year old, trying to defy gravity and time

Used to be faculty at the University of Arizona (biostatistics).  Currently manager of the statistics and data management group for companion diagnostics (biomarkers) at Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Roche diagnostics).  We evaluate protein biomarkers that can be used to direct drug therapy that would be most effective based on individual characteristics (personalized medicine).

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2:20:14. (1:12:06/1:08:08; 9:00/ 8:31) They said it was "cooler" today than  yesterday ... I supposed it was, but I have to say that the difference between 89F (today) and 91 (yesterday) did not make a huge impact on how I felt ;-).

I know I promised a better summary of the track meet, but, unfortunately, I am super busy with this grant so it will have to be more of a "highlights" than a beautiful summary.

First, let me say it was one of the best track meets I have ever watched (outside of the Olympic and World Championships).  It was exciting and there were a lot of runners that showed guts, determination and heart!  It was also a "whos who" of NCAA distance running: Jordan Hasay (Oregon, won both the 1500 and the 5K), Megan Goethals (Washington ran a stunning race in the 5K for 2nd place after opening up a 50m lead in the first 1600), Kathy Kroeger (Stanford, was a high school standout from Nashville when we lived there, former footlocker champ), Elliot Heath (Stanford - we sat behind his parents last night), Chris Derrick (Stanford -sat behind his parents last night too), AJ Acosta (had two bad nights), Matt Centrowitz (Oregon - won the 1500), Elijah Greer (Oregon - 2nd in the 800, we sat behind his parents on Friday night), Cory Primm (UCLA, 800m winner), Jake Riley (Stanford, tenacious as all get out, he and most of his Stanford teammates ran both the 5K and 10K), Luke Peskedra (Oregon - he lived near us in Salt Lake, which of course means "we were BFFs when he was there" ;-))

wow. 

Big news:  Oregon won both the men and women's titles -- with Arizona second in both (YEA!  Arizona women lost by 4.5 points and it came down to the last event, the 4 x 400!!).  Michael Berry ran a 44.91 400 meter run -- broke a 50 year school record!  And Jeshua Anderson (Washington State) ran a 48.13 400m hurdles race that put him #4 so far this year!

The men's 5K was won by Lawi Lalang (Arizona, brother of Boaz Lalang), with Stephan Sambu (Arizona, won the 10K the night before) taking second.  They (Lalang and Sambu) threw down 4 61-64 sec quarters in the first 3K, and were leading by 25-50m the whole race.13:47.29 (Lalang), 13:47.39 (Sambu), 13:57 (Derrick), 14:02 (Peskedra).

It was stunning.  It was so fun.  My personal meet favorites: Jordan Hasay - she is one gifted runner, her win in the 5K was just amazing - it looked so easy.  Megan Goethals - she had some amazing heart -- she took off and led by about 50 meters for at least 1600 meters until the "chase pack" of 3 (Jordan, and two Arizona women, Hannah Moen and Jennifer Bergman) caught up with her; still she hung in there and still managed to have a huge kick at the end for second place 16:24 (Hasay), 16:25 (Goethals), 16:26 (Moen), 16:31 (Bergman).

Full results are here.

I have to get back to work ... happy Sunday bloggers!






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AM: (9 miles, 1:19:40).  Hills and trails, over hills and yon.

PM: 4 easy.

One more day to finish the grant ... people are very very stressed.  Hopefully, by this time tomorrow someone at the copy center will be printing and collating 10 copies of this 1000+ page monstrosity.

Happy Tuesday bloggers! 

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1:13:07.  A little longer than 8 ... I sort of "forgot" to turn around.  I really have no idea how far this run is, but it doesn't really matter, just an easy run.

Happy HumpDay bloggers!! 

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AM: (10.5, 1:30:00 -- cool, not planned!).  I think this might have been closer to 11 miles, but I am not sure.  27:20wu/29:18cd,  6`5`4`3`2`1` w/2` recovery (started at 1/2 marathon pace and got down to about 3K pace).  I was thinking about going to the track for this -- since it is the only flat place around, but then I thought "hills are good, just run by feel, it is good for  you!!" - so I convinced myself to just run on the roads.  My last 2` recovery was a little longer than 2` because I had to stop and let a herd of about 12 deer pass in front of me!!  Felt awesome!  I got home at 11 or so last night - I ended up going to the off-campus lab site (~ 25 miles from the main campus) yesterday to help collate and create pdf files for the grant (it was mailed off this morning) -- it was a late late night for me. Plus I got a speeding ticket (and I did not have my insurance card on me, so I got a ticket for that too) drat.  Anyway, I slept in until 7:30 this morning and did not get out the door until nearly 9:30.  But it was a wonderful temperature today for a hard run (65F).

PM: easy 4.

 

Happy Thursday bloggers! 

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1:01:35 ... busy busy morning.  Beautiful though, and feeling good (slept for a whole 7 hours last night!!).

 

Hope you are all doing well bloggers, more this weekend! 

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AM: (8 miles, 1:10:16).  Beautiful ... 85F today, felt like 50F!  I really did try to enjoy today knowing that very soon (next week? at most 3 weeks) this will be our low temp.  I really am noticing how much getting sleep affects my running.  Felt great today.  

PM: easy 4.

I can't wait to see the results from Ogden today!!  I hope you are all having wonderful races!!! 

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